This Giving Smarter Guide is the culmination of a year-long effort to identify strategic philanthropic opportunities that can move the needle on unmet needs specific to kidney failure research and treatment. Kidney failure is an...

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive malignant brain tumor involving glial cells of the brain. At the time of this report, nearly 15,000 people were diagnosed with GBM each year in the United States and Europe. The prognosis for...

The need is staggering. Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and currently, more than 5.5 million Americans are living with this disease for which there is yet no cure yet. This guide is aimed at...

Making an Impact. Strategic philanthropic investments in medical research require a careful consideration of the philanthropist’s priorities and an understanding of the current state of research to amplify the impact of their giving. This...

While some sounds can be annoying for most people, for a few, certain sounds like chewing, sniffling, or pen clicking can trigger an intense physical and emotional response. Those with this condition can experience increased heart rate...

Precision health focuses on improving overall health and preventing disease, rather than treating disease. Using individual patient information like genetics, environmental and psychosocial factors, and lifestyle, precision health as an...

Shepherding a drug from discovery to the market is a complex process that involves many actors. The process often begins with academic researchers making a breakthrough discovery in the lab and ends with pharmaceutical companies running...

Alzheimer’s disease is increasingly in the spotlight after a number of high-profile clinical trial failures—an alarming trend as an estimated 5.5 million adult Americans live with this disease, which disproportionally affects the aged...

At the time of this report, approximately 30 to 40 percent of epilepsy patients were treatment resistant. The most catastrophic forms of epilepsy occur in very young children and have a lifelong negative impact on patients, families, and...

More than 500,000 people in the US suffer from bladder cancer. At the time of this report, it was the fifth most common cancer in the US. It is also the most expensive cancer to treat and frequently reoccurs. Despite the fact that the...